University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 110

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS921

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 110

Title:

Alchemical miscellany

Alchemical texts

Place:

England?

England TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 54 leaves : paper ; 298 x 196 (227 x 150) mm bound to 306 x 207 mm

Former Owner(s):

Le Strange, Hamon, 1840-1918

Hamon Styleman Le Strange WIKIDATA

Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

Falconer Madan WIKIDATA

Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930

Wilfrid Voynich WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Signatures: Quires given letters a-d.
Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 50 + ii (modern paper); 1-312, 416 (-2); 1-50; contemporary foliation in ink, with roman numerals preceded by quire letter (e.g., bxvii = f. 17, in quire 2), lower right recto, many trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire. Link to collation model at end of record.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with marginalia written in various hands.
Decoration: A few initials in red.
Watermark: Visible in gutter, but not legible enough for identification.
Binding: Half morocco; England, 1871 (front flyleaf ii recto).
Origin: Written in England[?] in the first half of the 15th century.
The edges of most folios are slightly torn and split. There is evidence of water and mildew damage. The last four folios are badly damaged, with loss of text; extensive repairs have been done on the paper.
Two autograph notes (front flyleaf ii recto): 1.) Haymon Styleman-le Strange, indicating that the manuscript was bound in October 1871; 2.) Falconer Mandan, dated 1 December 1892, identifying the first text.
Typescript table of contents included (front flyleaf i verso).
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
Hamon Styleman-le Strange (signature, flyleaf ii recto); Falconer Madan (signature, flyleaf ii recto); W. M. Voynich (Zacour-Hirsch).
Acquired, 1922.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Alchemy

Early works

Chemistry

History

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9915804523503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania